Not American and not a comic book fan? Then the chances are you didn't give two hoots about Captain America prior to his 2011 cinematic renaissance.
The steroid-pumped boyscout was designed for an era when heroes were expected to be high of moral fortitude and moderate of power, shot through with a primary-coloured streak of nationalistic fervour.
Thanks to the current Marvel Avengers series...
Inspire Me is an amusing cartoony point-and-click adventure game coming to iOS and Android in January 2015. It follows a young boy as he repairs history by bringing inspiration to the likes of Newton, Da Vinci, and Beethoven.
I spoke with Inspire Me developer Blyts's creative director Leandro de Bas about how the game balances gags with historical accuracy, how to design a puzzle for an adventu...
I always knew it would be my clones that killed me.
In 15 Coins, I've spent most of my time dying at the hands of my own duplicates. You'll do the same if you pick it up on iOS or Android on April 3rd.
It's a minimalist arcade game in presentation and in design - a smart little package that challenges you to collect just 15 coins in an orange arena.
That's easy enough, you think to yours...
Those old enough to remember 1994 will no doubt be slightly depressed that it was during this year that Little Big Adventure was originally released.
The game was so refreshing for its time that it's almost impossible to comprehend that it's now two decades old, but the passing years have been less kind than you might imagine.
Despite the cute and cuddly visuals, Little Big Adventure's story...
This story isn't an April Fools' gag. Kemco really has released another JRPG on the Google Play Store.
I know, I know: it's hard to believe.
Especially given today's date and how rarely this publisher publishes games about angsty young men discovering themselves in fantasy worlds. But it's true. Honest.
Anyway, this new one is called Shelterra the Skyworld, and it's all about - oh, I don'...
One of Google's April Fools' Day gags this year is a thing of great beauty. Mainly because it's the sort of thing you desperately want to be true, only to be crushed when you check the calendar and realise the cruel truth of the matter.
At the centre of this beautifully pitched in-joke is a Google Maps-powered Pokemon hunt, with added augmented reality spice when you manage to get to one of...
Speaking on the Touch Arcade forums, Shapist dev Ori Takemura has confirmed that he's working on iPhone and Android versions of the advanced block-sliding puzzler.
At review, we gave the currently iPad-only game a Bronze Award. We said that it "brings shape sorting into the modern age with impressive panache".
Which is pretty darn cool.
The smaller-screened version of the game will b...
In a leak that's like to prove embarrassing for Rovio, Pocket Gamer has been passed documents indicating that the Angry Birds developer is preparing to jump on the Oculus Rift bandwagon.
Following the virtual reality gaming company's $2 billion acquisition by Facebook, and Sony's announcement of its own Project Morpheus, VR is now the hottest subject in gaming, and it appears that Rovio is goin...
Puzzle Dragons is poised to receive not one but two cross-franchise collaborations this week.
Following the successful Clash of Clans and Batman: Arkham Origins tie-ins, GungHo's announced a Ragnarok Odyssey ACE collaboration and a Freak Tower, Princess Punt, and Emil Chronicle Online (ECO) tie-in.
That last one sounds like a mouthful - but it's actually a celebration of three of GungHo's ...
Adam Atomic's Flappybalt is a combination of Flappy Bird and his own game Canabalt. Previously a PC-only game, Flappybalt is now available on iOS and Android for free.
Flappybalt was originally made during the Flappy Jam, which was held over a month ago and was designed to demonstrate support for Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen. Don't Move developer Steve Richey has since ported Flappybalt to...
Ivan Zanotti is currently developing his cult PC horror game Imscared - A Pixelated Nightmare for Android.
Zanotti has already ported his other horror title, NothingElse, to Android. But Imscared is the game that put him on people's radars. It's also the better one of the two, in my opinion.
The problem in discussing Imscared is that it's very easy to spoil it by doing so.
All I will say ...
A gardener needs a purpose. A plan.
Without one, it's not really gardening at all. All the random digging and planting in the world will amount to, at most, landscaping.
Gardening in Shu's Garden is a fun experience set in a beautiful fantasy world. A lack of purpose, though, means that it's difficult to call it a game.
Really, Shu's Garden is a virtual gardening toy. It grants you contro...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
If you thought that there would be a lull after GDC, you would be wrong. So wrong.
Even if most game developers were nursing hangovers or jet lag or some evil combination of the two, there was still lots of interesting stuff happening this week. And we wrote about it all... a...
To be perfectly blunt, we expected this week to be something of a snooze.
It's late March and, given it's the week after GDC, we figured everyone in the industry would either be nursing their hangovers from the convention or furiously sending follow-up emails to contacts made over late night drinks and discussions.
Then Facebook dropped a bombshell on the industry by announcing its proposed ...
Gree's announced that its oddball arcade fighter Flop Fu is now available exclusively on Google Play.
Flop Fu, for those unfamiliar, is a bizarre mash-up of Street Fighter and the tough-as-nails QWOP with a bit of Divekick thrown in for good measure. You pick a fighter and then have only two buttons to worry about: one for flop, the other for flail.
Unlike other titles in the genre which req...
If you've just strapped on your helmet, loaded up the landing craft, and headed out to the battlefields of Boom Beach, then you're in luck.
That's because we've just launched The Boom Beach Community.
By clicking on this link, you will be whisked away to an area of the web totally dedicated to Boom Beach. There, we'll be talking tactics, offering an in-depth look at how the game works, and p...
Listen up, completists!
The new update to classic point-and-click adventure game Syberia contains Google Play achievements. And lots of 'em.
If you're up to the challenge, you can try to complete the game under a certain time for one achievement, for example.
To further prove that you know Microids's game inside out, there are also achievements for finding all objects and documents.
...
It is a good time to be a mobile gamer. Over the next few weeks, at least three of our most anticipated iOS games of the entire year will go live on the App Store and Google Play.
In the next month (or so), we will be muddling up comic panels, manipulating impossible geometry, making a theme park, and fending off aliens.
These, then, are nine awesome-looking games that should be out in April...
We've got some news. You may have heard rumblings in the press, but we want to put the rumours to bed once and for all.
Yes, Facebook has acquired the Pocket Gamer Podcast for $222 billion.
Firstly, we want to assure the loyal listeners that have helped to make this podcast a thriving audio institution that nothing is going to change.
Secondly, Peter, Keith, and I will be out of commissio...
ZeptoLab has just dropped its Silver Award-winning iOS physics-based puzzler Cut the Rope 2 onto Google Play.
It will also go live on the Amazon Appstore on March 30th.
In this sequel, there are - unsurprisingly enough - new levels in which to test your rope-cutting and candy-collecting skills.
Oh, and they'll be even more heading your way soon.
There are also loads of characters joini...
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Not American and not a comic book fan? Then the chances are you didn't give two hoots about Captain America prior to his 2011 cinematic renaissance.
The steroid-pumped boyscout was designed for an era when heroes were expected to be high of moral fortitude and moderate of power, shot through with a primary-coloured streak of nationalistic fervour.
Thanks to the current Marvel Avengers series...
Inspire Me is an amusing cartoony point-and-click adventure game coming to iOS and Android in January 2015. It follows a young boy as he repairs history by bringing inspiration to the likes of Newton, Da Vinci, and Beethoven.
I spoke with Inspire Me developer Blyts's creative director Leandro de Bas about how the game balances gags with historical accuracy, how to design a puzzle for an adventu...
I always knew it would be my clones that killed me.
In 15 Coins, I've spent most of my time dying at the hands of my own duplicates. You'll do the same if you pick it up on iOS or Android on April 3rd.
It's a minimalist arcade game in presentation and in design - a smart little package that challenges you to collect just 15 coins in an orange arena.
That's easy enough, you think to yours...
Those old enough to remember 1994 will no doubt be slightly depressed that it was during this year that Little Big Adventure was originally released.
The game was so refreshing for its time that it's almost impossible to comprehend that it's now two decades old, but the passing years have been less kind than you might imagine.
Despite the cute and cuddly visuals, Little Big Adventure's story...
This story isn't an April Fools' gag. Kemco really has released another JRPG on the Google Play Store.
I know, I know: it's hard to believe.
Especially given today's date and how rarely this publisher publishes games about angsty young men discovering themselves in fantasy worlds. But it's true. Honest.
Anyway, this new one is called Shelterra the Skyworld, and it's all about - oh, I don'...
One of Google's April Fools' Day gags this year is a thing of great beauty. Mainly because it's the sort of thing you desperately want to be true, only to be crushed when you check the calendar and realise the cruel truth of the matter.
At the centre of this beautifully pitched in-joke is a Google Maps-powered Pokemon hunt, with added augmented reality spice when you manage to get to one of...
Speaking on the Touch Arcade forums, Shapist dev Ori Takemura has confirmed that he's working on iPhone and Android versions of the advanced block-sliding puzzler.
At review, we gave the currently iPad-only game a Bronze Award. We said that it "brings shape sorting into the modern age with impressive panache".
Which is pretty darn cool.
The smaller-screened version of the game will b...
In a leak that's like to prove embarrassing for Rovio, Pocket Gamer has been passed documents indicating that the Angry Birds developer is preparing to jump on the Oculus Rift bandwagon.
Following the virtual reality gaming company's $2 billion acquisition by Facebook, and Sony's announcement of its own Project Morpheus, VR is now the hottest subject in gaming, and it appears that Rovio is goin...
Puzzle Dragons is poised to receive not one but two cross-franchise collaborations this week.
Following the successful Clash of Clans and Batman: Arkham Origins tie-ins, GungHo's announced a Ragnarok Odyssey ACE collaboration and a Freak Tower, Princess Punt, and Emil Chronicle Online (ECO) tie-in.
That last one sounds like a mouthful - but it's actually a celebration of three of GungHo's ...
Adam Atomic's Flappybalt is a combination of Flappy Bird and his own game Canabalt. Previously a PC-only game, Flappybalt is now available on iOS and Android for free.
Flappybalt was originally made during the Flappy Jam, which was held over a month ago and was designed to demonstrate support for Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen. Don't Move developer Steve Richey has since ported Flappybalt to...
Ivan Zanotti is currently developing his cult PC horror game Imscared - A Pixelated Nightmare for Android.
Zanotti has already ported his other horror title, NothingElse, to Android. But Imscared is the game that put him on people's radars. It's also the better one of the two, in my opinion.
The problem in discussing Imscared is that it's very easy to spoil it by doing so.
All I will say ...
A gardener needs a purpose. A plan.
Without one, it's not really gardening at all. All the random digging and planting in the world will amount to, at most, landscaping.
Gardening in Shu's Garden is a fun experience set in a beautiful fantasy world. A lack of purpose, though, means that it's difficult to call it a game.
Really, Shu's Garden is a virtual gardening toy. It grants you contro...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
If you thought that there would be a lull after GDC, you would be wrong. So wrong.
Even if most game developers were nursing hangovers or jet lag or some evil combination of the two, there was still lots of interesting stuff happening this week. And we wrote about it all... a...
To be perfectly blunt, we expected this week to be something of a snooze.
It's late March and, given it's the week after GDC, we figured everyone in the industry would either be nursing their hangovers from the convention or furiously sending follow-up emails to contacts made over late night drinks and discussions.
Then Facebook dropped a bombshell on the industry by announcing its proposed ...
Gree's announced that its oddball arcade fighter Flop Fu is now available exclusively on Google Play.
Flop Fu, for those unfamiliar, is a bizarre mash-up of Street Fighter and the tough-as-nails QWOP with a bit of Divekick thrown in for good measure. You pick a fighter and then have only two buttons to worry about: one for flop, the other for flail.
Unlike other titles in the genre which req...
If you've just strapped on your helmet, loaded up the landing craft, and headed out to the battlefields of Boom Beach, then you're in luck.
That's because we've just launched The Boom Beach Community.
By clicking on this link, you will be whisked away to an area of the web totally dedicated to Boom Beach. There, we'll be talking tactics, offering an in-depth look at how the game works, and p...
Listen up, completists!
The new update to classic point-and-click adventure game Syberia contains Google Play achievements. And lots of 'em.
If you're up to the challenge, you can try to complete the game under a certain time for one achievement, for example.
To further prove that you know Microids's game inside out, there are also achievements for finding all objects and documents.
...
It is a good time to be a mobile gamer. Over the next few weeks, at least three of our most anticipated iOS games of the entire year will go live on the App Store and Google Play.
In the next month (or so), we will be muddling up comic panels, manipulating impossible geometry, making a theme park, and fending off aliens.
These, then, are nine awesome-looking games that should be out in April...
We've got some news. You may have heard rumblings in the press, but we want to put the rumours to bed once and for all.
Yes, Facebook has acquired the Pocket Gamer Podcast for $222 billion.
Firstly, we want to assure the loyal listeners that have helped to make this podcast a thriving audio institution that nothing is going to change.
Secondly, Peter, Keith, and I will be out of commissio...
ZeptoLab has just dropped its Silver Award-winning iOS physics-based puzzler Cut the Rope 2 onto Google Play.
It will also go live on the Amazon Appstore on March 30th.
In this sequel, there are - unsurprisingly enough - new levels in which to test your rope-cutting and candy-collecting skills.
Oh, and they'll be even more heading your way soon.
There are also loads of characters joini...
